This attractive Butterfly Habitat/Feeder combines a safe over wintering and interactive habitat with a central feed station - the perfect place for butterflies to hang out. The central feed sponge can be charged with a sugar/water solution to encourage colourful visitors butterflies to the feed station/habitat, who will use the house for roosting. Keep the butterflies in the rudest of health with the vitamin enhanced food, available separately. Measures 33cm H x 16cm W x 14cm D and weighs approx 700g
• Safe haven for attractive and beneficial butterflies all year round • Perfect location for feeding butterflies • Measures 33cm H x 16cm W x 14cm D • Food laboratory formulated with special vitamins and supplied in 50g packet • Mix one rounded teaspoon of food with 100ml of water to make mix • Made up mix can be stored for 7 days in refrigerator
Ladybirds and bees work hard in the garden, so it's only fair to reward them with a comfy place to live - and the Bee and Ladybird Box is all that and more! The box is made from cedar which is renowned for resisting rotting, damage from water and warping and siting it close to vegetation and ground cover will have the solitary bees and ladybirds making a 'beeline' for their new home!
• Place near nettles, angelica and dill to provide extra incentive for bees • Site in a sheltered location close to tree branches or vegetation • Place in early spring • Solitary bees will be attracted to the bamboo tubes - they are very docile and excellent pollinators • Ladybirds will make homes in the drilled holes and happily gorge on aphids
Create a Garden for all the Family: Create a Wildlife Haven, Your Home magazine, May 2009 , Great Buys -Bamboo House – Place this cedar box in the garden to create a home for bees, which like the bamboo tubes, or ladybirds who prefer the small holes. Birds, Bees and Butterflies – Welcome all varies of wildlife on the wing to your garden this summer with our practical guide, Garden News in Good Homes magazine, May 2009
Presented by Oaklands College old boy and Telegraph gardening columnist Tom Petherick, this Gardening During A Water Shortage DVD covers a variety of methods of storing excess water including water butts, tanks, underground, wells and bore holes. A range of measures to help conserve water in the soil by using mulching and shading plants are also covered as gardening during a water shortage and extreme weather conditions are presenting real challenges to vegetable growers, with the very real prospect of a drought in some parts of the country again this year.
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• Running time 30 minutes approx • Offers simple step-by-step advice on how we can try and preserve our plants and lawns • Covers water conservation ideas and gives practical advice • Lists plants that are well suited to flourishing in dry conditions • Section on plant and lawn preservation • Introduces new water-wise gardening techniques